Imagery In The Great Gatsby

Scott Fitzgerald, an American Novelist who illustrated during the Jazz Age, wrote a sensational book by the name of “The Great Gatsby” that currently influences the world of writing. Since the release of “The Great Gatsby”, Scott Fitzgerald's literary genius has been made into a movie that won 21 different awards in 2014. Only 25,000 copies were sold before Fitzgerald sadly passed away, that’s only a thousandth of the total amount sold today. Students attending American schools have to read “The Great Gatsby" as a part of their curriculum, and this has been in schools for 20 or more years. F. Scott Fitzgerald is a truly effective writer and has the evidence to prove it. His allusions, imagery, color symbolism, similes, and symbolism are just

The visual part of novels is made from the reader's imagination. Fitzgerald does most of the work. His explanations of the environments he places his characters into are elaborate and exciting to read. Nick, as the narrator of “The Great Gatsby” is Fitzgerald's middleman for the devices he implements in this novel. While traveling with an old money Tom Buchanan, Nick views the world around him and explains the environment he was in. “The ash-gray men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud that screens their obscure operations from your sight” (Pg. 26). The gray men, the emotionless men, all dressed the same. This is a colorless place with all the harder-working people, working for slim to no money. A main theme that Fitzgerald brings to this novel is social class, and Wilson, a character that lives in the Valley of Ashes, is cheated on by his wife with Mr. Buchanan. Wilson is very helpful and nice to Tom, yet his loyalty is for nothing. He is an example of the people who live there and they give kindness and enthusiasm to rich people and the only thing they get back is betrayal and heartache. The lack of specificity shows the withdrawal of emotions that aren’t emitting from the Valley of Ashes. The internal emotions aren't there but the genuine attempt at happiness in the Valley is

However, Fitzgerald uses similes in a far more complicated way. Saying that someone is as tall as an ant isn’t saying that they are tall, it's saying that they aren’t tall. So “is as tall” actually means ‘isn't tall. That smile adds ironic meaning. In “The Great Gatsby”, Daisy is to be married to Mr. Tom Bucannon, and she is feeling regret because of a letter we can assume is from a previous lover, Gatsby. “June night in her flowered dress—and as drunk as a monkey” (Pg. 82). Daisy was “as drunk as a monkey” the night before her wedding. Monkeys aren’t known for being drunk, because they don’t get drunk, but they are known to be sometimes erratic and crazy animals. So he was explaining that she was so drunk she was acting like a monkey which makes this a deeper simile than the actual words, and that makes this a much more impressive simile than perceived. Having to think about a section of text is exactly what a good writer wants, and Fitzgerald nailed it. The way Fitzgerald can make a simile and turn it into a certain personification is astounding. Making a simply used device and changing it to have a more thought-out meaning fully showcases the skills he